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Re: Delistings and retirements 2024
Levi Casboult retired, ending an AFL career that spanned 198 games across 15 seasons with two clubs: GCS and originally from Carlton .
I thought he was a terrible kick when he started. Had coaching from the Sav Rocca and he became a decent kick. He was a fantastic mark. Took mark of the year in 2014. I reckon we should have picked him up in 2021, he would have added to our ruck depth. He was delisted by Carlton.
Casboult played 134 games and kicked 156 goals in 12 seasons with Carlton, having been drafted at pick 44 in the rookie draft at the end of 2010. He moved to the Suns at the end of the 2021 season, playing a further 54 games across three years and kicking 59 goalsComment
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Re: Delistings and retirements 2024
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Having cut Ryp after AOD retired. If we wanted mature free replacements for the small forward there?s two currently:
McHenry: 70 Games, 32.19, nearly 3 tackles a game - sounds like a non scoreboard small like we have
Taylor: 76 Games, 33.23, nearly 2 tackles a game - ditto
J. Jones: 66 Games, 11.3 in 15 games in 2021 as a pressure forward before being moved to HB
Konstanty: Talk he will be delisted; averages a goal a game and four tackles in the VFL;
The Sydney Swans drafted Jacob Konstanty with Pick 20 of the 2022 NAB AFL Draft. Regarded as one of the best defensive forwards in this year's draft class, Konstanty made a seamless transition from the midfield in 2022 that saw him flourish as a small forward. A similar player to that of star forward Tom Papley, Konstanty finished the NAB League season ranked second for tackles (81), while impressing with his relentless work-rate and tackle pressure inside 50. Konstanty is yet to make his debut for the red and white after injury ruled him out for much of the 2023 season.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Delistings and retirements 2024
We could pick up Konstanty as a DFA if we wanted to. Question is why have him and Charlie Clarke struggled to make an impact?More of an In Bruges guy?Comment
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Re: Delistings and retirements 2024
Let's do it and give him the no 6 jumper while we're at it."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Delistings and retirements 2024
UPDATED:
Having cut Ryp after AOD retired. If we wanted mature free replacements for the small forward there is three now currently:
McHenry: 70 Games, 32.19, nearly 3 tackles a game - sounds like a non scoreboard small like we have
Taylor: 76 Games, 33.23, nearly 2 tackles a game - ditto
J. Jones: 66 Games, 11.3 in 15 games in 2021 as a pressure forward before being moved to HB
Konstanty traded to North in the endRocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Delistings and retirements 2024
Going through the list of DFAs. Draft watchers know much about Cooper Vickery? Pick 27, 2022 to Sydney. Quick HBF/Winger. Rookie me profile:
SNAPSHOT: “A hard running speedster who consistently put up strong numbers for Gippsland Power, playing in both defence and on a wing”
Cooper Vickery has enjoyed a consistent year at NAB League level for Gippsland Power, where he became a reliable ball user out of the defensive half and running down the ground. His transitional running from the back 50 and then rotating onto a wing allowed him to find plenty of the ball, and his metres gained were always high.
An outside-dominant player, Vickery is still only light at 72kg, and his traits suit that outside role. Often found coming out of half-back, Vickery is a player who will look for the one-two be it via hand or short kick, and that allowed him to set his side up in transition.
Though not the most damaging player with his disposal, he is neat and consistent, averaging the 17.3 disposals for the Power, and reaching double-figure disposals each week bar one. In Rounds 8-9, Vickery picked up back-to-back 25-disposal hauls and averaged eight rebound 50s in that time.
Earning his spot in the ‘Big V’ for Vic Country, Vickery averaged a similar 16.8 disposals, as well as 3.5 marks and 3.5 rebound 50s, with his kicking efficiency of 68.3 per cent quite high, but also only winning a third of his touches in a contested situation. Regardless, Vickery showed enough to earn a National Draft Combine invite, and has done all he could throughout season 2022 to put himself in a position to be drafted.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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